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packbat ([personal profile] packbat) wrote2008-12-09 09:17 pm
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That "Civil Literacy" thing.

Okay, so I'm way late getting on board the AmericanCivicLiteracy.org 2008 Civics Quiz (32/33, by the way - I missed the harder Roosevelt question), but I haven't seen this angle approached: Has anyone checked to see if the respondents are literate, full stop? It seems to me that misunderstanding the questions and/or answers (some of which have difficult wordings) could be a factor in the 71% "failure" rate.

Just thinking about possible controls on the test.
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[identity profile] active-apathy.livejournal.com 2008-12-10 08:24 am (UTC)(link)
29/33; I was wrong on 4, 7, 8 and 14. The West Wing may have been helpful for a couple of answers, like the easier FDR question.

[identity profile] packbat.livejournal.com 2008-12-12 04:11 am (UTC)(link)
I was definitely making educated guesses on 4, 8, and 14, myself.
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